jayembee
Senior HTF Member
So...after noting that this coming week Netflix will be streaming the third (final) season of the Norwegian fantasy series Ragnarok, I decided to check out the first season last night.
In some ways, it makes me think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In that show, Buffy is a Slayer who fights vampires (and other demons) while attending high school. In Ragnarok, Magne is a god who fights giants while attending high school. And like Buffy, a lot of the show deals with the Hell That Is High School.
The premiere episode shows a single-mother and her two high-school-aged sons moving back to the small town of Edda, where they originated from, but moved away years earlier after the death of the boys' father. Their way to their house is blocked by an old man in a motorized cart who has stopped in the middle of the road. Magne gets out to help him, and is greeted by the old man's wife who appears to cast some sort of spell on Magne.
To cut to the chase, the town is run by a family who owns the local factory that keeps everyone employed. And who also turn out to be immortal creatures (the aforementioned "giants") in human form. And who are also suspected by some of causing environmental pollution. One thing leads to another, and the spell the old woman put on Magne appears to have given Magne (or released what he might've already possessed) the powers of a certain Thunder God.
The first episode or two were a bit slow setting things up, and I was feeling a bit dubious, but then things pick up speed, and as the season (six episodes) progressed, I got sucked into the storyline. I can't honestly say it's a "great" show, but I'm looking forward to watching the next two seasons (also six episodes each). If nothing else, it'll be interesting to see what other gods might show up. The old man from the beginning tellingly had an eye-patch, which suggests who he and his wife are supposed to be. There's also a character introduced in a later episode, who seems to know more than she's telling, so she might be another one. And then there's Magne's brother, Laurits, who's a bit of a trickster and who has something of a resemblance to Tom Hiddleston...
In some ways, it makes me think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. In that show, Buffy is a Slayer who fights vampires (and other demons) while attending high school. In Ragnarok, Magne is a god who fights giants while attending high school. And like Buffy, a lot of the show deals with the Hell That Is High School.
The premiere episode shows a single-mother and her two high-school-aged sons moving back to the small town of Edda, where they originated from, but moved away years earlier after the death of the boys' father. Their way to their house is blocked by an old man in a motorized cart who has stopped in the middle of the road. Magne gets out to help him, and is greeted by the old man's wife who appears to cast some sort of spell on Magne.
To cut to the chase, the town is run by a family who owns the local factory that keeps everyone employed. And who also turn out to be immortal creatures (the aforementioned "giants") in human form. And who are also suspected by some of causing environmental pollution. One thing leads to another, and the spell the old woman put on Magne appears to have given Magne (or released what he might've already possessed) the powers of a certain Thunder God.
The first episode or two were a bit slow setting things up, and I was feeling a bit dubious, but then things pick up speed, and as the season (six episodes) progressed, I got sucked into the storyline. I can't honestly say it's a "great" show, but I'm looking forward to watching the next two seasons (also six episodes each). If nothing else, it'll be interesting to see what other gods might show up. The old man from the beginning tellingly had an eye-patch, which suggests who he and his wife are supposed to be. There's also a character introduced in a later episode, who seems to know more than she's telling, so she might be another one. And then there's Magne's brother, Laurits, who's a bit of a trickster and who has something of a resemblance to Tom Hiddleston...
